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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Cornmeal Burger Buns + Party Food for Girls

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Earlier in the week, I alluded to being up to my elbows in bread dough. A double recipe of these burger buns was the culprit. Our neighborhood block party was last weekend and I was asked to make my Ultimate Cheater's Pulled Pork for the occasion. The pork is a crock-pot recipe and requires almost no work to make, so I decided to pair it with homemade burger buns that I had been wanting to test. The rolls contained cornmeal and I thought they would be a perfect foil for the smoky flavor of the pork butt. I have some good news and some bad news to report regarding the buns. On the upside, they are delicious, particularly with barbecue type fillings, however, the downside is that the dough used to make them is an absolute bear to work with. The proportion of liquid to dry ingredients given in the original recipe is way out of whack and produced a sticky mass that is most kindly described as a hot mess. I had to increase the amount of flour I used by almost 2 cups to produce a soft dough that could be kneaded. It was frustrating. If you make a lot of bread, I hope you'll give this recipe a try. If you are a new bread maker, run for the hills. This is not a recipe for beginners. While I loved the flavor of these buns, I'll not be making them again. The next time I need burger buns, I'll throw a half cup of cornmeal into the proven recipe for Moomie buns and see what happens.

Party Food For Girls was written by Arantxa Zecchini with some help from her mother, Alessandra who has been a good friend to me and One Perfect Bite. The book has just been published and a copy of it will be given away on her mother's blog, Alessandra Zecchini, which you can find here. Stop by and leave a comment for the opportunity to win a copy of this lovely book.

These burger buns look so spectacular, I'm sorry to hear they're not for beginners. I just don't understand it when a recipe can be that far off in quantities. How does that happen? Well, I'm sure everyone at the block party enjoyed these, they looks good all by themselves.

I was wondering if the addition of more cornmeal to the recipe, in place of some of the additional flour, might have made a difference? Since cornmeal absorbs liquids, might it have made the dough more workable?

I'm glad to have found your blog, and will add my name to your followers.

I really appreciated learning from other people's experience. I haven't baked bread with cornmeal very often so I'll beware. I don't tend to hand knead wet doughs leaving the strain to the dough hook instead. It works for me. Beautiful photography and lovely blog you have here.

I hate it when dough recipes are out of proportion. It looks like you were able to make it work though! These do look tasty! Thanks for sharing, my friend. I hope you are doing well and enjoying your weekend. I'm eating graham crackers and about to go to sleep. Perfect in my book! Much love.

They look so delicious - what a shame they're such a nightmare to work with! I find hot cross bun dough horrid to work with too...but it's worth it in the end. Might give these a go if I'm feeling brave one weekend...

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